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Why is the grass so good, but the soil test results so bad?
I’ve been asked this question more times than I can remember. It usually goes something like this. We had the soil tested, and it turns out we are quite low in P (or K or Ca or Mg).
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-05-30
2 min read
On the seductive attractions of metric units
Growing up and first working in the turfgrass industry in the United States, I naturally used US customary units: inches and feet, pounds and ounces, fluid ounces and gallons and so on.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-06-07
3 min read
Hitting all of our goals
This is an extraordinarily good video about grasses, mowing, construction, irrigation, soils, playability, maintenance cost, and more. If you are interested in these topics, watch this interview with Don Mahaffey.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-04-13
1 min read
More advantages of frequent irrigation
Update: I’m adding a note here today (21 Nov 2017) to correct and clarify about these data. Mike Richardson pointed out to me that the “differences from plots irrigated to field capacity 2X or 6X / wk were small and not significant” in this experiment.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2017-11-21
2 min read
Fertilizer requirement identified with 3 numbers
At a Vancouver Island Golf Superintendent Association meeting in spring 2014, I spoke about turfgrass nutrient requirements. The question a turfgrass manager must answer is this one: Can the soil supply enough of an element to meet the grass requirements, and if it cannot, then how much of the element must be applied as fertilizer?
Micah Woods
2014-04-11
2 min read
Sand, sodium, and soil structure
Sand rootzones are common the world over for golf course putting greens. Many athletic fields are also built with a sand rootzone, and in Asia, many of the tees, fairways, and even roughs are grown in a sand rootzone.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-08-26
2 min read
How to save 60% or more in turfgrass fertilizer cost
Do you ever think about fertilizer cost? The amount people spend varies a lot. Jason Haines, for example, has explained how he reduced fertilizer costs by 60%: I have to say, this new way of doing things is working a lot better than the old way.
Micah Woods
2012-09-19
3 min read
Why it is not important to maintain soil pH between 6.5 and 7.0
I read a post on the Golfdom Daily about soil pH in which it was suggested that it was important to maintain soil pH in the range from 6.5 to 7.
Micah Woods
2012-09-09
3 min read
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